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Cooking game

Top Chef

Build stacked burgers, fries and drinks at speed across three fast food stands full of impatient customers.

Difficulty
Moderate
Compatibility
See device support below

Game overview

Top Chef is a burger stand run at speed. Orders come in stacked high: burgers with the works, fries, sodas and desserts, all wanted at once by customers with no patience at all. Three fast food stands unlock as you go and each one widens the menu, which means more components cooking in parallel and less room to fix a mistake. It is a straightforward time-management kitchen that gets its difficulty from the sheer number of plates in the air.

This title is best suited to players who want a busy burger time-management challenge.

How to play Top Chef

  1. Read each ticket and start the grill items immediately
  2. Cook fries and pour drinks while the patties finish
  3. Assemble every burger in the order the ticket shows
  4. Serve fast for tips and unlock the next stand

Controls

  • Tap / left mouse button: Cook, assemble and serve each order
  • Drag: Add an ingredient to the burger stack

Objectives and failure conditions

Objectives

  • Serve every customer before they walk out
  • Build orders exactly as requested
  • Unlock all three fast food stands

The run ends or fails when

  • A customer leaves after waiting too long
  • A wrongly assembled order is sent back

Gameplay mechanics

  • Parallel cooking across grill, fryer and drinks
  • Layered burger assembly
  • Stand unlocks that expand the menu

Device compatibility

Desktop browsers

Mouse or trackpad: Top Chef loads straight into the page on desktop Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari with no download or plugin. Controls used: Tap / left mouse button, Drag.

Phones and tablets

Touch controls: Top Chef is driven by pointer input, which maps to tap and drag on a touch screen.

Tips for Top Chef

  • Keep the grill full even without an order waiting
  • Pour drinks last, since they never spoil
  • Learn each burger's stacking order before the third stand opens

What worked well and what did not

Pros

  • Fast, satisfying service rhythm
  • Menu grows meaningfully with each stand

Cons

  • Gets hectic rather than more tactical
  • Repetitive assembly at high volume

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